On a side note:
Let's assume that some ppl continue their loan service.
- They make the agreement outside
EU. (eg. PM's through
EF)
- Ingame they meet and just exchange goods for peds. (Since
EU economy is dynamic --> NO FIXED PRICES FOR ANYTHING and TRADING is encouraged, why wouldn't i want to buy back my sold item a few weeks later at a higher market price?)
- Even if this kind of trading happens ALOT so what? (players in here are just nutty as in RL)
I have heard of a lot if thin ice manoevers but this wins with miles...
I really would love to seethe first lockdown for this. Lawyer up and play free for the rest of your life...

As for the 5 bankers who probably now face a boycott of their services even before
MA has implemented their "tools" and buildings. A smart court will grant you the exclusivity of the tools, banks and some other checks and balances
MA created for your banks but the right to force others out of business that launched the idea long before you were even here? No way.
Stop playing American cutthroat menaces (even there they don't work anymore, check La Salle if you a HINT) and join the game on a fair playing field.
P.S.: Look up the meaning of the term "shooting oneself in the foot".
Still don't like the idea of pawnshops though.... (and that is what they seem to be so far.. glorified pawnshops)